Agreed! I have a feeling that most of the main story will be going the
Avatar route. Several hints have already been made in that direction -the trailer for one. Plus some of the things said in the demo game. It's the "Gaia Principle;" that the planet itself is a living organism which its inhabitants have a deep-seated genetic and spiritual bond. Plenty of like stories:
Avatar,
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, even
Titan A.E. to a point. Except where in
Avatar the planet is like a mature, nurturing mother, in
Wild Life the planet is like a horny, nymphomaniac teenager!
I wonder if that has to do with the planet's age, since it seems to be in a primordial phase?
I don't think the idea of Kerpali being conflicted and trying to find a cure works here, though. Seems that the ones who have any conflict are the ones who become Ferals. The rest accept, even luxuriate in their changed forms. Why not? As it seems the beast Kerpali are the ruling classes. Grok in the old game, Gulhragg in the Fisher Village... Pure humans seem to take a secondary role, other than as vessels for sex. I don't see any humans, for example, sitting on a throne while a wolf-girl sits at their feet stroking their dicks.
Among other things, I'd like to know how humans become
specific Kerpali. From Karra (the tiger-woman), we know that the change comes in puberty, and if someone has a Kerpali parent, or parents, the change is more likely. What isn't indicated is what causes which form.
I assume, that if one or both parents are, say, tiger Kerpali, one becomes a tiger. But what about the others? Is it the personality that decides whether a changeling becomes a wolf, lion, bull, lizard, pig, or goat? Is it the aggressiveness of the individual? The sexual proclivity? A combination? Or is it just random? What happens if one parent is a wolf and the other a lizard?
I tend to think sex is a key component (Doi! It's a sex game!
) in whether one becomes a Kerpali or a Feral. My main evidence is that there is NOT ONE FEMALE Feral. Now that may just be oversight on the devs part (you also don't see Feral wolves or rhinos. Just lions, and up until recently panthers), but my personal theory is that no female feral survives the "amourous" attentions of her brethren.
Personally, I think the main thrust (pardon the term) of the story's plot may be partly the fact that Maya is the only Kerpali who can change
back to human form (an ability allegedly given to her by Lala), and partly the rumour that Karra speaks of some people
spontaneously becoming Kerpali. I can't help but wonder if Max is going to go the
Avatar route as well.
